Seriously the worst band I have ever seen..Avant Pop...More like Utter Shite!

Hey Dirty Projectors:
Jerry's dead, get over it.

Must remember to avoid the Whitney on the 20th...

i agree with all above

Well at least Nat Baldwin and Vampire Weekend are good.

Dirty Projectors were pretty fucking good when I saw them, though the singer's penchant for bawling\screaming was admittedly annoying.. Great African-sounding guitar grooves and a novel use of multiple vocal parts, combined with occasional noise freakouts. Why do the above anonymous commenters hate them so much?

... and the anonymous shit talker brigade sets to work!

seriously, the seething jealousy you guys have towards anybody doing well with their thing - it's just pathetic.

Dirty Projectors are the best band in town - super tight and mind blowing live and completely otherworldly good on record.

I have seen the Projectors a bunch, in a variety of different lineups. Some nights they weren't great and some nights they are the best band on the planet.

I agree w. patrick. the first time I saw them I couldn't figure out if it was a joke or not.

BUT, the current band is pretty effin great and is a hell of a lot more creative and original than any venomous blog comments you care to throw at it.

"i agree with all above"

that's because the same person wrote all three of those comments - YOU!

gotta ask, why the hate?

Did Longstreth steal your lady? Did your band get kicked off a show because Dirty P's got put onto it? Are you just angry that other people are more successful than you are?

Dirty Projectors are the best band in town, hands down.

this band is phenomenal.

they ain't got shit on Vampire Weekend.

I don't hate them. What Patrick said is pretty much right; much like the Grateful Dead, on some nights they sound terrible and on others they just blow you away. That's why they should play shows that suit their sound better, in large plush fields with plenty of LSD.

"they ain't got shit on Vampire Weekend."

oh THAT explains the hate thread - we're dealing with Columbia kids.

Columbia kids in the music scene are - by and large - clueless, out-of-the-loop haters who are intimidated and resentful of the rest of NYC's coolness and talent and taste -- and on top of that are without fail totally insipid, swooning, non-objective boosters of the occasional Columbia band that gets a lil' bit of attention - Vampire Weekend this semester, apparently.

Vampire Weekend are a nice, preppy textured-pop band.

Dirty Projectors are a complex, diversely influenced band of virtuoso players performing some of the most novel and new sounding pop music being made today.

The two bands are not really on the same level. Why any kid would imagine a rivalry there is pretty silly. But then - they're Columbia kids.

"I don't hate them. What Patrick said is pretty much right; much like the Grateful Dead, on some nights they sound terrible and on others they just blow you away. That's why they should play shows that suit their sound better, in large plush fields with plenty of LSD."

I'm not sure what band you're talking about here - because the current (almost a year old) incarnation of Dirty Projectors is the tightest band I've ever seen. They have been absolutely ON every time I've seen them in the past year.

They don't do any improv or jamming at all. It's all pretty much pitch perfect vocal harmonies and staccato highlife guitar dueling. REALLY tight.

It's not the same show every night, but it is really exacting and tight every night.

When was the last time you saw this band?

"I have seen the Projectors a bunch, in a variety of different lineups. Some nights they weren't great and some nights they are the best band on the planet."

READ: some nights i was on drugs, and some nights i wasnt.

nope - they're awesome as fuck and I don't do drugs.

I don't know what hippy dippy jam band you guys are talking about, but Dirty Projectors have been pretty fucking chamber-orchestra composed (and awesome) every time I've ever seen them.

I haven't seen them in a while, since they toured with Xiu Xiu, when Nat Baldwin was still on bass. Then the lineup stripped down to what it is now. To be honest I saw them at cake shop about a year or year and a half ago and thought they killed it, despite Nat telling me that it was one of the sloppiest Projectors show to date.

It was the first show for the second to newest incarnation and they played hard and fast and wild. Dave's songs are more complicated and radical than anyone else in the current "indie" field, making it difficult at times to be "perfect". I find "perfect" performances to be a bit dull though.

In any case tomorrow night will be great. I hope people that don't like them give it a shot, it's essentially free and over early.

Actually VINZ i wasn't on drugs at any of those shows, but thanks for offering such a clear observation that complicated music can only be enjoyed while being on drugs.

An off night for the Dirty Projectors is far better than watching the majority of bands discussed on here play the best show of their carerrs.

if the dirty projectors is the best this area has to offer, then I wish I stayed in Philly.

"if the dirty projectors is the best this area has to offer, then I wish I stayed in Philly."

dude - nobody is that offended by a band.

Your beef is obviously personal.

not held enough as a child?

what a fucked up scene - geniuses like Dirty Projectors generate a bizarre hate comment thread -- while absolute shit, disposable hack bands (like the Dismemberists or Klaxons or Rilo Kiley for instance) are showered with fanboy adoration on this site.

You guys - it's tragic and hilarious how much you can't recognize unique talent or lasting appeal.

Dirty Projectors will still be appreciated long after the bands you champion are disregarded and forgotten.

I live in Philly and I'm pointedly timing a trip up/thru NYC tomorrow so I can catch the show. Promising premise for new DP rec -- guess ya don't need to be an ol' Borges/BF fan, either (tho I am). In any event, based on all previous and pending, a band worth taking a chance on -- oh, wait, not everybody's cuppa tea so just stay away ... do I still neeed to RSVP?

D*

in 15 years, Colin Meloy will be working on his real estate license and trying to keep his records in print -- while people will be clamoring for a Dirty Projectors reunion tour and outbidding each other for their rarest releases.

Where did The Decemberists come into it? Maybe I should withdraw my supportive comment for this band, their fans sound as snobbish and pointlessly vindictive as the bunch of haters.

I'm just making a point about this site commenters' penchant for heaping fanboy adoration onto totally ordinary bands, while truly special and amazing music doesn't just get ignored, it gets viscously shit talked.

I don't give a fuck about the Decemberists, they're pleasant enough - but Dirty Projectors deserve to be heard. Unbelievably catchy songs and accompaniment that is ubercomplex and lush and ecstatic - and at the same time, totally fresh sounding.

It's just tragic that a couple of clueless losers (probably just one lonely anony-hater) would so unimaginatively shit talk a band who really should get heard. The new record is astounding.

A Golden Rule: Don't judge a band by it's fans.

"their fans sound as snobbish and pointlessly vindictive"

apparently, being able to tell the difference between important amazing music and crap makes me a snob.

well guess what, I'm not going to start liking crap ala the decemberists or whatever just because you think doing so would make me "nice."

dont forget the august 4th benefit show for SHOWPAPER...

projectors are not a columbia band-- longstreth is from portland, went to yale, now based out of bedstuy. this new shit is good, but nowhere near the getty address.

also when they toured with charlie from zs shit was outrageous

dave longstreth is not from portland, oregon. he lived here for a year once, and a few months another time. he has friends in portland through his brother jake, who went to college in portland in the 90's and now lives in san francisco. Dave has released music on two portland labels, marriage and states rights records. i think the assumption that he is "from portland" stems from his connection to the portland-centric scene these two labels represent.

the brothers longstreth grew up in semi-rural connecticut. their parents are avid birders and their father became the caretaker of an estate left to the audobon society. their parents have recently moved to california.

dave's older brother jake is a painter of some reknown on the west coast and a sometime dirty projector.

their band together back when jake was in college and dave was in high school was called American People, and it was amazing. States Rights Records released a limited edition "best-of" CD a few years ago, though it is long long gone by now. For another sort of "pre-history" of Dave's Dirty Projector project, there is also the State's Rights release "Morning Better Last" which i would highly recommend to fans of his new music, as well as the two full lengths on western vinyl and the EP on Marriage (not to mention the pre-projectors Dave Longstreth CD "graceful fallen mango" from, like. 2000-2001).

Dave is from Connecticut.

It's the shit talking anony-commenter up there who is from Columbia.

For some reason, pretentious bluebloods from Columbia are really into loving/hating Dirty Projectors.

if its the same gallery as the one where lee ranaldo played last time with text of light, show up early cause i think only a 100 people can fit inside. im going straight after work, and im sure this show will fucking blow my mind.

and btw, i saw them open for Hella at Europa Club back in feb or march, and they were great. i hope all the haters stay away from this show (sincerely), its not worth your time even if it is free. thousands of people will be there anyway.

"if its the same gallery as the one where lee ranaldo played last time with text of light...."

The Dirty projectors will be playing in the more spacious restaurant area (which will be closed for the event and the tables and chairs removed) in the lower level of the museum. They will NOT be playing the room where Lee Renaldo played.

I just stopped by to thank you BV for posting the show information. I loved the show. Their vocals harmonies are very dynamic. Then they unexpectedly break out.

The bonus was the opener Lucky Dragons a performance digital, multimedia artist. Sorry the rest of the comments are so nasty. You missed a very nice show.

Saw DP open for Jarvis; had very high hopes for them at the time and was disappointed. Could have been an off night for them - there was at least a glimmer of potential.

I sense that a number of people here were rejected by Columbia.

never before have I seen a band doing so much DAMAGE to fellow artists' record like DP did to Black Flag at the Whitney.

what an insult!

in response to al.anon - david longstreth went to yale, vampire weekend went to columbia. are their origins that much different?

Patrick is correct. I was at the Cake Shop show (not on drugs) and I wasn't that impressed, despite the obvious talent of Nat Baldwin. I also went to the Whitney show last Friday and was VERY impressed. The current lineup works very well. They make catchy and yet challenging pop music.

Saw these last night supporting Wire in Manchester. Jesus Christ. Look DP fans, if you want to hear how it SHOULD be done, get some Boredoms, The Fall, Bongwater, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, 3Ds, Tom Waits, Beefheart; not these technically good, but clueless talent less retards. It is as if they realised they aint got an original bone of talent in their bodies, so arbitrarily made a calculated decision to supplement their technical ability with what they would hope to be enough “weirdy whackyness” and cranking of the vocals to “squeaky-squawky @ level 11” to blind people into thinking they are any good. Please – tech ability to play “tight” does not make it good to listen to. They just came across to me as amateur hacks shrieking for attenton. I have seen some shit bands in 25+ years of gig going, but these transcended shit. Vacuous limp insipid dull impotent aural sludge. .. ehhmm.. oh, and Wire tore the place up with an incandescently blistering set – old enough to be older than your dad, showing the little fekkers how it’s done. :-D

Your opinion is wrong, DPhater.

also, your opinion is made irrelevant by the fact of mentioning clap your fucking hands say yeah. Got to be kidding me, can't believe you put them in the same sentence as boredoms. Ugh.

:-D ... yea.. i were trying to think of a roughly similarly oddly voiced singer of a band, who also appear to attract much derision, who i like. And throw them in there... I can see where people who don't like CY(f)HSY are coming from, but i like 'em. The DP's just annoyed me so much the other night, i had to vent :-p